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Laura Lapi

ITA Age 55 WTA Tour years active: 1987–1994

Laura Lapi represented Italy on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 66. In TennisDB's records, Laura Lapi finished with a career record of 36–48 and no singles titles. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is incomplete, so the career record may be understated.

Peak ranking

66 (Apr 9, 1990)

Elo peak

1712 (60th percentile)

Career record

36–48 (42.9%)

Career titles

Prize money

$138,991

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's WTA event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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WTA Matches full match log →

Laura Lapi's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Bettina Fulco #105	5-7 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 8, 1994*	R32	Palermo	WTA 250	Clay
Maria Jose Gaidano	3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 28, 1994*	R32	Taranto	WTA 250	Clay
Angelika Kanellopoulou	2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 3, 1991*	R32	Taranto	WTA 250	Clay
Federica Bonsignori #40	0-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 10, 1991*	R64	Amelia Island	WTA 500	Clay
Angela Kerek	4-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 3, 1991*	R64	Hilton Head	WTA 1000	Clay

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Laura Lapi's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Laura Garrone	0	4	4	May 27, 1989	H2H
Bettina Fulco	0	2	2	Jul 8, 1994	H2H
Federica Bonsignori	0	2	2	Apr 10, 1991	H2H
Linda Ferrando	1	1	2	Sep 27, 1990	H2H
Jana Novotna	1	1	2	Aug 29, 1990	H2H

Career Results

Laura Lapi career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1987	16	2	3	5	40.0%	294	174
1988	17	10	12	22	45.5%	175	87
1989	18	13	14	27	48.2%	86	80
1990	19	10	13	23	43.5%	80	105
1991	20	1	4	5	20.0%	107	329
1994	23	0	2	2	0.0%	157	305
Career		36	48	84	42.9%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Laura Lapi career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1987	16	—	—	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%
1988	17	1	3	4	25.0%	9	8	17	52.9%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	10	12	22	45.5%
1989	18	2	3	5	40.0%	11	11	22	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	13	14	27	48.1%
1990	19	2	2	4	50.0%	8	9	17	47.1%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	10	13	23	43.5%
1991	20	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	1	4	5	20.0%
1994	23	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
Career	—	5	8	13	38.5%	30	36	66	45.5%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	36	48	84	42.9%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Laura Lapi career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1987	16	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
1988	17	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	4	7	11	36.4%	2	2	4	50.0%	6	11	17	35.3%
1989	18	0	2	2	0.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	5	4	9	55.6%	4	1	5	80.0%	11	12	23	47.8%
1990	19	0	5	5	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	4	5	9	44.4%	5	0	5	100.0%	9	13	22	40.9%
1991	20	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	2	3	33.3%
1994	23	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		0	8	8	0.0%	2	9	11	18.2%	13	20	33	39.4%	12	5	17	70.6%	27	42	69	39.1%

Opponent ranking data available for 69/84 (82.1%) of Laura Lapi's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Laura Lapi advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1987	16	1502	110.9	—	—	—	—	—	+39	—	40.0%	-0.10	—	0–1	—	+0.42
1988	17	1554	116.6	—	—	—	—	-36	+71	—	45.8%	-0.23	2–2 (50%)	4–4 (50%)	101.7	+1.98
1989	18	1627	130.0	—	—	—	—	-89	+51	—	50.8%	-0.22	1–4 (20%)	3–1 (75%)	100.0	-0.56
1990	19	1639	130.3	—	—	—	—	-80	+39	—	42.6%	-0.64	1–2 (33%)	3–0 (100%)	101.9	-1.79
1991	20	1580	95.4	—	—	—	—	—	+35	—	20.0%	-2.30	—	—	—	+0.39
1994	23	1545	96.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.50	—	—	—	+0.20
Career		1712	126.0	—	—	—	—	-71	+51	—	43.8%	-0.49	4–8 (33%)	10–6 (63%)	102.4	+0.76

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Laura Lapi Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1988	17	—	R128	R128	0–2 (0%)
1989	18	R64	—	R128	1–2 (33%)
1990	19	R32	R128	R128	2–3 (40%)
W-L		3–2 (60%)	0–2 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	3–7 (30%)

WTA 1000

Laura Lapi WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	ITA	HIL	KEY	W-L Win %
1990	19	R32	R16	R32	5–3 (62%)
1991	20	—	R64	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	5–4 (56%)

WTA 500

Laura Lapi WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	HAM	PAR	ITA	AME	BER	HIL	KEY	W-L Win %
1988	17	R32	—	SF	—	R64	R32	R32	R64	5–6 (45%)
1989	18	—	—	R16	R16	—	R32	—	—	4–3 (57%)
1990	19	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	2–2 (50%)
1991	20	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	4–2 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	1–3 (25%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	11–12 (48%)

WTA 250

Laura Lapi WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	BAD	BAR	BUE	GEN	PAR	ITA	AME	ARC	BAY	BRU	GUA	HIL	KEY	OSL	PAL	TAR	W-L Win %
1987	16	—	—	R16	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	2–3 (40%)
1988	17	QF	—	—	R16	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	5–4 (56%)
1989	18	R32	—	—	QF	—	—	R16	R16	R16	R16	—	R64	R64	—	—	R32	8–9 (47%)
1990	19	—	R16	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	1–5 (17%)
1991	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	1–2 (33%)
1994	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	0–2 (0%)
W-L		2–2 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	3–3 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	2–4 (33%)	17–25 (40%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Apr 9, 1990

First Top 100

Sep 26, 1988

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Laura Lapi ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1986	15	—	—	—	390	394	407	395	418	423	436	442	442
1987	16	—	—	—	—	297	269	218	202	195	191	189	174
1988	17	175	185	167	164	123	125	109	112	94	87	87	87
1989	18	85	86	96	76	86	75	82	88	93	89	84	80
1990	19	79	86	76	69	84	70	78	69	81	101	102	105
1991	20	111	107	113	156	194	276	282	291	316	317	324	329
1992	21	326	489	498	540	624	728	696	431	364	257	252	254
1993	22	252	258	263	253	215	202	190	169	166	159	156	157
1994	23	156	160	161	181	165	173	190	194	310	301	300	305
1995	24	304	304	315	311	379	624	624	—	—	—	—	—

Data coverage: WTA match coverage from Jeff Sackmann's archive is incomplete before 2000. Career win-loss totals, surface splits, and head-to-head counts for this player's pre-2000 era may understate actual results.

Similar Players

Other WTA players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Laura Lapi's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Maya Kidowaki	JPN	68	1,658	90	34	56	37.8%	1988–1994	Match log
Cristina Tessi	ARG	70	1,612	62	25	37	40.3%	1988–1992	Match log
Silke Frankl	GER	67	1,649	119	42	77	35.3%	1988–1995	Match log
Katrina Adams	USA	67	1,607	169	55	114	32.5%	1987–1998	Match log
Natalia Baudone	ITA	71	1,682	96	38	58	39.6%	1990–1996	Match log
Eugenia Maniokova	RUS	66	1,589	73	24	49	32.9%	1990–1995	Match log
Donna Faber	USA	55	1,718	165	68	97	41.2%	1987–1993	Match log
Beate Reinstadler	AUT	60	1,623	105	35	70	33.3%	1986–1996	Match log
Natalia Egorova	RUS	76	1,623	45	17	28	37.8%	1987–1996	Match log
Karen Schimper	RSA	75	1,650	67	24	43	35.8%	1987–1990	Match log
Caroline Kuhlman	USA	52	1,660	114	49	65	43.0%	1983–1995	Match log
Ann Devries	BEL	77	1,619	89	35	54	39.3%	1986–1993	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Laura Lapi?: Laura Lapi is 55 years old, born on September 10, 1970.
Which country does Laura Lapi represent?: Laura Lapi represents Italy in TennisDB's WTA records.
How many Grand Slams has Laura Lapi won?: Laura Lapi has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Laura Lapi won?: TennisDB does not group any of Laura Lapi's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Laura Lapi's highest WTA ranking?: Laura Lapi's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 66, first achieved on April 9, 1990.
What is Laura Lapi's career win-loss record?: Laura Lapi has a career WTA singles record of 36 wins and 48 losses (42.9%).
How much career prize money has Laura Lapi earned?: Laura Lapi has earned at least $138,991 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Laura Lapi's career appear in TennisDB?: Laura Lapi appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1987 through 1994.
On which surface does Laura Lapi have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Laura Lapi's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on clay: 45.5% (30–36).
Who has Laura Lapi faced most often?: Laura Lapi's most frequent opponent is Laura Garrone, with a head-to-head record of 0–4 across 4 meetings.